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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Of course the fucking Mormons are trying to own it.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Who copied it from the freemasons

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• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It is not the shaka. It’s the “call me sign” emoji.

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  • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s not the call me hand, it’s the hang loose emoji!

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    • robdor@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s not the hang loose emoji, it’s the fancy tea party emoji!

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    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      emojipedia.org/call-me-hand#designs

      It is in fact, the call me hand from iOS

      In Unicode 9, it’s label is ‘call me hand’

      I get that it is the exact same symbol as other things. However, officially as an emoji it is recognized as ‘call me hand’.

      My guess is to why is to not recognize any particular nation. Because the hand gesture isn’t just Shaka, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures?wpr… see number six.

      Or see ASL, the letter Y.

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• wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Thank you.

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  • BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is way more accurate than that urban dictionary.

    In Hawaii (depending on where you are) shaka is used all the time. Kinda like waving to someone with a hint of good vibe to it. Also to emphasize “hey that’s cool”. You see it a lot waving thanks to cars, too

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    • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is there also a hand signal for when something isn’t good?

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      • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        🖕

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    • TheCannonball@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To add to this, it’s widely used in Brazil who copied it from surf culture.

      China also uses it as part of their one hand counting system. To them it’s the number 6 (pronounced ‘leo’). The use of it in western culture has allowed them to adopt it as a way of saying something is cool. They will say 666 (pronounced “leo leo leo”) while making the hand gesture to say something is cool. This fact was very fun to explain to my ultra conservative family back in the states.

      Source: I taught in China for nine years in an international school with a very large Brazilian community.

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      • zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fascinating. I wonder how the millions of Chinese Catholics feel about this use.

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    • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So, while stereotypical, the surfer sign meaning isn’t far off!

      Radical 🤙

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Hang ten breh

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